A Damsel In Distress (2)

⋘ You have entered the dungeon—"Dark Catacombs"! ⋙

⋘ You are the first player to enter this dungeon and will get 1000 coins! ⋙

Upon noticing this panel, Vanessa remained motionless and was simply dismissed. As someone who has suffered greatly, this type of thing cannot bring her happiness.

After all, happiness is something she does not believe that exists. In her eyes, everyone is a hypocrite who smiles just to hide their intentions.

No matter who it is, they're always trying to get something by befriending others. People are simply too dumb to figure it out.

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 'Shadow Step'! ⋙

Activating her skill, Vanessa easily passed sneakily through some monsters, and as she found a comfortable position...

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

She stabbed her dagger into the back of the monster.

"Kriekk!"

"Shut up and die already!" She stabbed her other dagger, but this time on the monster's head.

⋘ You've leveled up! ⋙

"Mhm...? What is this?"

⋘ "Phantom Shard" (Rank: D) ⋙

"Why is there no description for this item?" Vanessa exclaimed.

"Whatever... I don't know much about this game, so I shouldn't need this kind of item." She threw the item aside and continued exploring the dungeon.

However, behind her, Luk appeared and picked up the item.

"First piece..." He put the item into his inventory.

"Now, I just need to wait for Vanessa to kill those spectral ghosts, and then maybe she'll leave an ethereal essence for me..." He uttered.

At this moment, Luk couldn't kill a single monster because he would need to stay at level 1 until the 2nd floor.

So, the only thing he can do is pick up the remaining drops that Vanessa is leaving behind.

"It's pretty annoying to stay at level 1, but the benefits will be huge after that. However, that 'woman' will probably be pissed off."

Slowly, as Vanessa continued killing more and more monsters, Luk followed her behind until she finally arrived in the boss room.

'As I thought... she really left an ethereal essence for me... but the next item I need is from the boss.'

'That's quite difficult... Besides, from what I've seen, she's too weak to fight the boss. Many people think this dungeon is easy because the monsters before the boss are quite weak, but once you see the boss...'

'You are definitely going to swallow the definition of "weak"...'

⋘ Vanessa is entering the boss room... ⋙

'!!!'

"She's really fucking entering it? This is going to ruin my plans because I cannot deal any damage to that fucking boss." Luk gritted his teeth.

This really messed up his plans.

"Whatever... let's just go in."

⋘ You're entering the boss room... ⋙

Upon entering the room, Luk immediately sidestepped to the right.

Swoosh!

Thud!

A dagger passed through the place he was after entering the boss's room.

"I thought that it was my delusions... but there really was someone following me." Vanessa spoke coldly as she saw Luk's figure.

She put up a fighting stance and was ready to attack Luk at any moment, but as she saw his face more clearly, her lips parted in shock.

"Unknown...?"

"Ah... that's me." Luk replied, throwing the ethereal essence into the air.

"W-why... why are you following me?" Vanessa cautiously took a step back and pointed her dagger at him.

"Well... I need to stay at Level 1 until the 2nd floor for a certain reason, but I also need some materials from this boss."

"So, I thought that following someone as skilled as you could help me." Luk spoke leisurely.

Hearing his words, Vanessa immediately caught the key points.

"Then, will you help me defeat this boss if I give you that same material?" She asked.

"That's right; honestly, I was thinking of saving you when you were at your weakest to try and get the same material, but it seems that it isn't going to work." Luk immediately expressed his thoughts.

The only reason he did that, is to make sure that Vanessa can open up a bit to him, after all, he told her his intentions from the start.

And from her shocked expression and loosened hands, it seems that she really got a bit comfortable.

"Well, since I cannot damage this boss, I'll tell you how to defeat it. How many ethereal essences do you have?"

"Let me check. I have eleven. Is that enough?"

"It is. Now let me explain the plan..."

For a few minutes, Luk explained to Vanessa how to use the [Ethereal Essences] and which part to hit the boss.

He explained very carefully to make sure that Vanessa would really do it right, and then he didn't have to damage the boss.

If he does even a single bit of damage, he'll receive exp from the boss, and he doesn't want that to happen.

"Are you ready?" Luk asked.

"I am." She nodded and then walked towards a small arena where a giant spectral ghost could be seen floating.

⋘ The Boss Fight is starting... would you like to record? ⋙

A panel appeared in front of Vanessa; she looked at Luk and saw him nodding.

As the live started, Vanessa gripped her daggers tightly as her eyes fell on the spectral ghost boss.

"""What...? Is this the dungeon "Dark Catacombs"!?"""

"""Woah! Is she really doing a solo against the boss of a dungeon!?"""

As the views started increasing, Luk grinned as his eyes fell on Vanessa. If she followed his words, she would easily win.

Looking at the boss, Vanessa remembered Luk's advice and coated her blades with the ethereal essence, making them glow with strange energy.

The spectral ghost drifted closer, and Vanessa sprang forward. She put her daggers on a reverse grip and directly cut through the ghost.

"SHRIEEKKK!"

The ghost roared, and from her body a bunch of ghostly tentacles were summoned, and upon seeing this, Vanessa grabbed the ethereal essence into pieces and threw directly at the boss.

Seeing this, the boss seemed to be scared and tried to run away, but Vanessa took the opportunity and swung her dagger at him.

Seeing this fast hit, the ghost fought back, swinging its ghostly arms hard.

THUD!

Vanessa stumbled back with a loud thud, but she quickly recovered, dodging the next attack with a high jump.

At that moment, the pieces of the ethereal essence glowed intensely, and as the light propelled toward the ghost, a panel appeared on top of him.

⋘ The boss's attributes have been weakened by 45% due to the influence of a pure spirit. ⋙

Seeing this, the view count increased even more, and just now, the current viewers had already reached 62 million.

However, Vanessa didn't spare an eye on the live stream and continued.

She remembered Luk's words and knew that, at this moment, she needed to deal the most damage possible to possible kill him directly.

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 'Shadow Step'! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.1 "Evansion Mastery"! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

⋘ The skill "Evansion Mastery" has leveled up! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 "Evansion Mastery"! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.2 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

⋘ The skill "Shadow Strike" has leveled up! ⋙

Continuously, she kept attacking the spectral boss, spending all of her mana while gritting her teeth as she felt that her mana was already very low.

But Vanessa didn't give up. As she saw the boss's struggling expression, she continued on.

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.3 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.3 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.3 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

Now, instead of using "Evansion Mastery," she spent all of her mana on the skill that dealt damage.

And finally, after a few minutes, she used her skill one last time...

⋘ Vanessa has activated Lv.3 "Shadow Strike"! ⋙

"SHRIEEEKKKKK!"

"SHRIEE...sshh..shierk..."

BAM!

The ghost let out a chilling wail and vanished into thin air with a loud bam.

⋘ You've killed the boss "Spectral Ghost"! ⋙

⋘ You were the first person to clear this dungeon and will be receiving the clear bonus! ⋙

⋘ Rewards increased by one tier! ⋙

As the viewers saw the panel in front of Vanessa, all of them started cheering and immediately subscribed to her.

Vanessa too sighed in relief, but her instincts were triggered as she suddenly heard a loud shot.

"Vanessa MOVE AWAY!" Luk screamed loudly.

Suddenly, she remembered Luk's last warning to her...

"After you kill the boss... make sure to get away from it as fast as possible! When the [Spectral Ghost] dies, he always activates an annoying curse that will make you slowly die..."

"So, make sure to get away immediately!"

Zoom!

"ARGHHH!"

Vanessa felt a surge of dark energy coursing through her body, making her vision blur and causing her intense pain.

"Fuck...! She really forgot about that!" Luk annoyed jumped next to her.

"""Wait... isn't that Unknown... what is he doing there!?"""

"""Oh! I see how it is! He was probably helping her!"""

After the viewers saw "Unknown", the views started increasing even more, but as Vanessa collapsed to the ground, the live stream ended.

"Fuck... This really wasn't supposed to happen!" Luk gritted his teeth.